News Release



For further information please contact:

Sergeant Sheldon Lyon

816-387-2345

H08066

August 21, 2006



EMPHASIS: Troop H Bank Robbery





At 10:41 a.m., Troop H was notified that the U.S. Bank in Tarkio had been robbed. The robbery suspect was described as a 60 year-old white male, 5 feet 9 inches tall, wearing a red plaid shirt, khaki hat and blue jeans. After taking an undetermined amount of money the suspect left the bank on foot.



Troop H officers responded to the scene, along with officers from the Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control and the Troop H aircraft. Currently seven members of Troop H and local law enforcement officers from the Tarkio Police department, Atchison County Sheriff’s Department and Maryville Department of Public Safety are searching for the suspect.